Wireless printers use your Wi-Fi network to print from your laptop. With a wireless printer, your laptop isn’t attached to a printer cable and files can be sent to the printer from any room in your home or office. When you’re away from your Wi-Fi, your wireless printer still might be able to print files you email to it. Find out how to print wirelessly.
Instructions in this article apply to wireless printers connected to laptops running Windows 10, 8, or, 7. Wireless printers work over a network connection. If you use the printer at home, this would be your wireless internet connection. If you work in an office, it’s your office network. The directions for connecting your wireless printer to your Wi-Fi network vary depending on the manufacturer. So, before you begin, read the printer manual and follow the manufacturer directions to connect the printer to a Wi-Fi network.
Some printer manufacturers supply a software wizard that automates the process of connecting the printer to a Wi-Fi network. These are the general steps to connect a wireless printer to a Wi-Fi network:
If you have problems connecting the printer to the Wi-Fi network:
After the printer has access to the Wi-Fi network, add the wireless printer to your laptop.
Accessing the settings to add a wireless printer to a Windows 8 or Windows 7 laptop are slightly different.
Printing from your laptop to a wireless printer is the same as printing from any device to any printer.
Some printer manufacturers offer an email print service. When you sign up at their website, the printer is assigned an email address. You’ll use this email address to send the document to your printer. When you’re away from home or out of the office, it’s possible to print a document on your wireless printer.
The email address may be found by searching through the printer’s menu. On an HP printer, look for HP ePrint. To print a document when your laptop isn’t on the same Wi-Fi network as the printer:
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